About 115 million animals were used in scientific research globally in 2005, according to an estimate based on official national figures and extrapolations from the number of scientific papers that were published involving animals. The vast majority of the animals used were rodents (83.5%) with primates, cats and dogs making up 0.15%, 0.06% and 0.24% of the total respectively. ...
Few in Britain had heard of the California-born financier Glen Moreno before he became chairman of Pearson, the media group which owns the FT, in 2005. After Stanford University and Harvard law school, Moreno, spent 18 years at Citigroup in Europe and Asia moving to London as group executive for investment banking, responsible for corporate finance and trading operations. From 1987 to 1991 he was...
Very tight controls over class sizes and highly educated teachers spell success ...
With teachers on up to 130,000 euros per year, classrooms rarely over 15 pupils, and lucrative banking, hi-tech or industry jobs up for grabs, motivation is high ...
s landmarks to promote the forthcoming launch of Halo 4. According to news streaming in about this bizarre marketing initiative, Xbox 360 has decked out Gutenberg Castle as a Halo 4-themed military installation and installed a United Nations Space Command military camp in the nearby countryside. To top it all off, it's re-worked a mining quarry as some kind of battleground for punters to take part...
s right to ignore the results of their referendums. Why? Age: 206. Population: Around 36,000. Appearance: Tax haven. What is it? It's a country. And what have they done? They've just held a referendum. A referendum about what? About the right of Crown Prince Alois, regent of Liechtenstein, to veto the results of their referendums. Slow down. This is all getting very Lewis Carroll. Who is this...
On Sunday, the people of the tiny principality of Liechtenstein voted to allow their ruling Prince to keep his veto powers, thus maintaining the monarchy. Prince Alois, the eldest son of Prince Hans Adam II, had threatened that his family would leave the Alpine country if the people took away his legislative powers. “I want to thank you dearly that with such a convincing ‘yes’ you...
The Prince of Liechtenstein, one of Europe's most powerful monarchs, will learn on Sunday whether his powers are to be cut. ...
The Prince of Liechtenstein, one of Europe's most powerful monarchs, will learn on Sunday whether his powers are to be cut. ...
Liechtenstein’s hereditary Prince Alois is threatening that he and his ruling family will step down if a referendum eliminated his power to veto laws is passed. “The royal family is not willing to undertake its political responsibilities unless the prince… has the necessary tools at his disposal,” Alois said in a speech to parliament on March 1. “But if the people are...
The Prince of Liechtenstein was in the Mikulov region of the Czech Republic Monday where he opened a museum exhibit dedicated to his ancestor, Duke Johann Adam I. Prince Hans Adam II told the audience that he was named after the Duke, who was also the founder of the principality of Liechtenstein. “My father had me baptized as John Adam II and instilled in me from childhood that my ancestor John...
The princely family of Liechtenstein is threatening to veto the results of a referendum which would take away the ruling Prince’s veto powers. Pro-democracy campaigners are getting signatures across the tiny Alpine principality for a referendum that would prevent Prince Hans Adam II from stopping certain legislatures from becoming law. Late Thursday, the Liechtenstein royals put on their website...
The Government has announced that it will be extending its tax agreement with Liechenstein, which allows Britons with money stashed away in the tiny European country to own up in exchange for lenient treatment, for another year ...
s impressive wares Collecting can be a transmissible disease. In the Liechtenstein royal family the affection goes back to their ancestor Hartmann von Liechtenstein (1544-85). The principality, known for its welcoming banks, was only established in 1719, though the princes actually went on living in Vienna and buying lots of paintings, as well as many other items, on show at the Liechtenstein museum...
The entire country of Liechtenstein - with all its Alpine delights - is being offered for "hire" to tourists with £40,000 a night to spare. ...
Liechtenstein rental scheme includes customised street signs, temporary currency and accommodation for 150 Executives with cash to burn traditionally hire luxury yachts, secluded villas or expensive hotel suites to impress clients. Now they can take corporate hospitality to a new level by hiring an entire country, albeit a small one. The principality of Liechtenstein has decided to make itself available...
s top tax official has indicated, after tax evaders shifted their cash from other offshore destinations to take advantage of what HMRC admits is a "good deal." The UK's permanent secretary for tax Dave Hartnett indicated that the returns from the scheme would be closer to £3bn than the £1bn initially anticipated. "Some in the media are saying that the results from the [LDF] are smaller than they thought,...
Kim and Cyndi Lauper performing a medley of their hits to Nelson Mandela for his 46664 campaign, though, the latest compilation from Munich-based disco label du jour Permanent Vacation is a singular one: it is being released in conjunction with the miniature Alpine principality Liechtenstein, in order to mark the 20th anniversary of the country's UN membership. This unique partnership...
s efforts to tax offshore accounts similar to previous arrangement with Liechtenstein The Treasury expects a multimillion pound windfall after entering talks with the Swiss authorities over thousands of untaxed bank accounts. Switzerland has agreed to support the UK...
s deadline could still declare their offshore accounts to the tax authorities and escape heavy penalties if they switched to the tiny land-locked tax haven after it negotiated an exclusive deal with Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Bankers and other wealthy individuals with accounts in tax havens such as Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda could escape paying taxes due on savings dating back decades....